December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... reservoir due to mistake or noncompliance could endanger the lives of any lunar residents and slow future human space exploration. China and Russia (ILRS) and NASA (Artemis) have separately evolving plans to establish a permanent human presence...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... in our food (bread), beverages, and pharmaceuticals (insulin)…so understanding yeast viability in space may have consequences and clinical applications for the future of space exploration and colonisation.” Beer-loving students are not the only ones...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... thinking as they respond to the revolution occurring around them. On the one hand and for most of history, space exploration has been the domain of governments, and so most of the treaties and regulations were designed to restrain nationalistic...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... return to the Moon is now imminent following recent changes in NASA’s future exploration directions. Other nations may well follow and, like the International Space Station (ISS), this approach could involve collective national initiatives. European...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... Boeing decided to stand down from the launch attempt after Russia’s Nauka module caused the International Space Station to spin following a thruster misfire. Boeing then rescheduled Starliner’s launch for 3 August at 5.20 pm GMT (1:20pm ET) to allow...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
...Propulsion focus The company recognises propulsion systems and environmental systems as key technologies in the broader space exploration endeavour In the 1990s, the group formerly known as Orbital Technologies Corporation – which was acquired by SNC...
